Routing machine door crafter



June 17, 1958 E E, STlEFEL 2,839,104

ROUTING MACHINE DOOR CRAF'TER INVENTOR ATTORNEYS June 17, 1958 E. STIEFEL ROUTING MACHINE DooR CRAFTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June ll, 1956 if f mZ., Te

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ATTORNEYS United States O ROUTING MACHINE DOOR CRAFTER Earl E. Stiefel, Kerrville, Tex.

Application June 11, 1956, Serial No. 590,767 14 claims. (c1. 144-21) This invention relates to a template means and method i. for facilitating locating hinges on doors and jambs, and

which I call a door crafter.

' An object of this invention is to provide means for supporting a door and applying a template thereto for routing for the hinges.

Another object of this invention is to provide means for supporting a door and applyinga template thereto for drilling for the latch or lock.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a template for simultaneously locating and routing for the hinges on a door and a jamb.

Another object of this invention is the provision of means for supporting a door jamb for routing for the "latch plate or keeper.

vAnother object of this invention is the provision of a jig Aand template for properly associating a door and a door jamb for routing and drilling for hinges.

`Another object of this invention is the provision of means for holding a door for beveling the front edge and thereafter positioning the door for drilling for the lock or latch.

These and other objects will appear in the following `specilcation and the accompanying drawings which conwith two templates in operative position;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section of one of the door supporting knobs; v

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a'fragmentary transverse section through the device showing one of the clamps engaging a door -and a jamb; if the template 66 were raised fromv the position shown in Figure 6 to the position shown in Figure 2, the line 6 6 of Figure l would indicate the section shown in Figure 6;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view of a latch plate mortising guide in position on a door; and

Figure 8 is a fragmentary front view of the lock locating template in operative position.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters represent like parts throughout the several views, I show a work bench or table 10 having ends 12, 14, front legs 16 and rear legs 18. The table or bench 10 is adapted to rest on a floor or other surface 20. A table top 22 extending between the front legs 16 and the rear legs 18 is provided at its forward edge with a ledge or parting strip 24 which may or may not be integral with the table top 22, as occasion demands.

At the rear of the table top 22, a plate 26 is attached to the legs 18. The legs 18 extend upwardly some distance and near their upper ends I place a rail 28 supported by brackets 27 and arms 29, and having a track thereon for movably supporting a conventional electric screw driver or drill 32 suspended from a carriage 34 by exible means such as the spring 36. Also suspended from a carriage 38 on the track 30, by means of a spring 40 is a conventional routing machine 42.

A pair of clips 44 are mounted on the legs 18 for removably supporting a lock plate template 46.

A pair of door supporting knobs 48, having cylindrical portions 50 are eccentrically and adjustably mounted on the legs 16 -by means of bolts 52 and wing nuts 54. Hinges 56 are held by the heads 58 of the bolts 52 against the outer ends of the knobs 48. Suitably mounted on the hinges 56 are arms 60 having at one end :of each a block 62 and at the other end a weight 64 for a purpose later to appear.

A template 66 is hingedly mounted as at 68 on the plate 26. The template 66 is slotted as at 69, 70, 72 and 74 to accommodate the clamping jaws 76, 78, 80 and 82. Jaws 76 and 78 are threadedly mounted on a screw 84 having right and left threads respectively 86 and 88. The jaws 76 and 78 slide in the slots 69 and 70 respectively. The screw 84 is held in position by a spring clip fastened to the template 66 and engaging intermediate the ends of the screw. The screw 84 is provided with a handle 92 for turning the same. A screw 94 similar to screw 84 threadedly engages the jaws 80 and S2, which are slidable in slots 72 and 74 respectively, and is held in place by a clip 96 similar to the clip 90.

Openings 98,1100and 102,V are providedfin the` template l66 to accommodate the routing machine 42 when routing a door edge and/or a jan-1b for hinges. A 4bracket 104-extends longitudinallyof the template 66 across the opening 102.` The bracket 104 is provided with openings 106 and 108, and the template 66 is provided with openings ltljand 112 forA guiding a drill i such as the machine 32 in drilling for a door lock, as will later appear.4 I

The template46 comprises a bar 114 having'a block 116 near thermiddlethereof, and lugs 118,' 120 near the ends thereof: The block 116 is recessed as at 122,4 to accommodate the router 42 and is provided with an opening 124 for a router bit. A A pair of clips 126, 12S each has a pivot pin 130, a spring 132 and a nut 134. The pivot pins 132 pass through brackets `136 at the ends ofthe bench-10 and the springs 132 hold the clips in either operative or inoperative position. .t

I shall now describe the operation of my door Crafter. The arms 60 are placed in the position shown in Figure 2 with the blocks 6,2'resting on the Vcylindrical portions 50 of the knobs 48. VAdoor SSis placed on the arms (Strand Vthe knobs '48A are adjusted s opthat the front edge ,of the door projects a short distance above the upper edge of the spacer bar 24. In this position the door 138 is held and steadied by the clips 126, 128. The door, thus positioned, may be planed and beveled as shown at 140 in Figure 2. After planing, the door is lifted slightly and the weights 64 return the arms 60 to the position shown in Figures l, 3 and 4. This permits the door to drop onto the knobs 48 where it is in position for boring for a lock. The template 66 is placed in position as shown in Figures 3, 6 and 8. ln this position holes are drilled in the door through openings 106 and 110 for a left hand door, or through openings 108 and 112 for a right hand door.

The door is now turned preferably edge for edge, and a jamb piece 142 is placed over the table top 22. A spacer 144 may be used between the table top 22 and the jamb piece 142. The template is lowered to the position shown in Figures 3' and 6 and the clamps are adjusted so that the jaws 76 and 80 hold the door 138 against the parting strip 24 and the jaws 78 and 82 hold the jamb piece against the parting strip V24. this position, the routing machine operating in the open- Vings 98 and 100, and if necessary in opening 102, forms projecting through the opening 124, a seat for the latch plate or keeper is routed.

In preparing a right hand door, the top of a door 138 is'lined up with the rightl hand end of the parting strip, and the jamb piece is placed against the parting strip with Y the head jamb groove projecting past the end of the parting strip 24 approximately 1/s inch to provide head clearance between the top of the door and the head jamb. The procedure is reversed for a left hand door.

The keeper plate template 46 is positioned for a right hand door by placing the lug 120 in the groove provided in the side jamb for its head jamb. For left hand doors,

the lug 118 would be inserted in the head jamb groove.

148 in the side jamb 146 as shown in Figure 7.

The two jambs 142 and 146 may be packaged with the door 138 and with a suitable head jamb for assembly on the job.

It is to be understood that the foregoing is merely descriptive ofv a preferred embodiment of my door crafter and may be departed from in many details within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a ydevice for facilitating setting of hingesl on doors, astand including a parting strip and means for supporting a door on a side edge in a substantially vertical plane against the parting strip, a template hingedly mounted on'the stand, said template having openings thereon to accommodate a routing tool, transverse slots in the template, one set of jaws mounted in the slots and adapted to hold a door against'the parting strip, a second set of jaws in the slots adapted to hold a jamb piece against the parting Strip, screws associated with pairs of jaws for adjusting such jaws toward and from each other transversely of the template, said template having also openings for locating a drill in drilling the door edge of a door lock, a bracket on the template having openings forvlocating'a drill in drilling the side of a doorfor a lock.

2. In a device for'facilitating setting of hinges on doors,

a stand havingv a table top, means for supporting a door on one side edge thereof in a substantially vertical plane, a template hingedly mounted on the stand having means for guiding a routing tool in routing seats for hinges and 74' means for supporting a tool ,comprisesV a ,trackjextending lodgitudinally of the stand above the door supporting means.

4. The device according to claim 2 in which the stand includes a parting strip'extending longitudinally thereof against which the door is held for routing.

5. The structure according to claim 4 wherein the template includes a clamp forholding a door against the.

parting strip.

6. The structure according to claim 5 wherein the template includes a clamp for vholding a vjambpiece against the parting strip for routing simultaneously with routing the door.

7. The structure according to claim 2 wherein the'` template includes means forguiding' a tool in drilling for a door lock.

8. The structure according to claim 7 wherein the guide means guide a drill in the edge and in the face of a door. k I

9. The structure according `to'claim `2' wherein the stand includes a parting strip extending longitudinally at the front edge thereof, andiwherein the template includes adjustable clamping jaws moving Vtrfarisver`sely thereof to clamp a doorvagainst the partingstr'ip."

l0. The structure according to 'claim 2 wherein Ythe means for guiding a routing tool comprise longitudinally spaced rectangular openingsV in the template.

l1. The structure according to claim 2 wherein 'the stand includes means for supporting a keeperrplate routing template. n

12. The structure according to claim 2 Wherei'n'the means for supporting a door on one side edge` ir`1cludes References Cited in the tile of this; patent? UNITED STATES PATENTS i' 2,355,603 Zern ,Aug.'8, 1944 2,427,081 v 21947 2,605,790 1952 2,605,791 `1952,k 2,659,159 1953 2,687,753 1954 2,709,855 Graham June 7, 1955 2,778,121 Guerrant Jan. 22,1957 

